Definition:a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
A moneran in the near-shore zone is marine bacteria. The scientific name is Mycobacterium marinum. It's shape is bacilli. It can live anywhere in saltwater. This type of bacteria causes an extremely deadly disease.
This is marine bacteria
Scientific Name:Spirochaeta plicatile. Shape:sprilia. Where They Live:they live in mud on Ocean bottoms, near the shore.
This is a bacteria that lives in the Near-Shore Zone
Scientific Name:Bacillus cereus
Shape:baccili
Where they live: they live in the hummus on the ocean bottom
This moneran in the near shore zone is bacilli shaped. The scientific name is Bacillus cereus. They live in the humus of the bottom of the shallow ocean shore.
This is a type of moneran in the near-shore zone.
Protists
Definition: The organisms in the protista kingdom that are single-celled or multi-celled, and "hunt" or produce their own food. They always have a nucleus. They include algae and protozoans.
The definition of algae is any chlorophyll-containing, mainly aquatic organisms that are more plant-like, but they differ from plants because they have no roots, stems, or leaves. One protist in the near-shore zone is a coccolith shell. the scientific name is Emiliana huxleyi. It's an algae. It floats around near the ocean shore.
This is the algae coccolith shell.
The definition of algae is any chlorophyll-containing, mainly aquatic organisms that are more plant-like, but they differ from plants because they have no roots, stems, or leaves. Green algae's scientific name is Pediastrum boryanum. This algae grows on rocks and coral.
This is green algae
Syringammina fragillissima is the scientific name of a protozoan in the near shore zone. The definition of a protozoan is that they are "animal-like", don't have any chlorophyll, and no cell walls. This protozoan lives on rocks and sand on the oceanbottom in the near shore zone.
This is a picture of a protozoan in the near shore zone, in the sand.
Fungi
The definition of fungi is a multi-celled organism in the fungi kingdom that absorbs nutrients and has no chlorophyll.
A fungi in the near-shore zone is Aleuria arantia It is in the phylum Ascomycota. There are two common names. One is the orange peel mushroom, and the other is orange cup. It is placed in the phylum asomycota because it is cup shaped. It grows in the very shallow and slightly watery part of the near-shore zone. The scientific name is Aleuria aurantia. The classification of orange peel mushroom is as follows:
Scientific name:Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Definition: It's filagment's are close together. Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: basidiomycota
Class: Chytridiomycetes Order: Rhizophydiales Family:Chytridiaceae Genus: Batrachochytrium Species:dendrobatidis Common name: there is no common name.
A Fungi in the Near-Shore Zone.
Scientific name: Rhizophydium megarhizum Definition:this belongs to the chytridiomycota phylum because it grows in water and soil.This fungi is also found on plants on the beach. Kingdom:fungi Scientific name:
Phylum:chytridiomycota
Class:chytridiomycetes
Order:chytridiales
Definition:This belongs to the chytrdiomycota phylum because it grows in water and soil. This fungi is also found on plants on the beach.
Kingdom:fungi
Phylum:chytridiomycota
family:chytridiaceae
Class:chytridiomycetes
Genus:Rhizophydium
Order:chytridiales
species:megarhizum
this is a picture of both fungi
Genus:Rhizophydium
species:dicksonii
A fungus in the near-shore zone is the Dinemasporium microsporum. It lives in saltwater. No common name was found. It is in the phylum Ascomycota because it is cup shaped. The classification of Dinemasporium microsporum is:
Scientific name: Halographis runica
Definition: It's cup-shaped
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Roccellaceae
Genus: Halographis
Spiecies: runica
Common name: There is no common name.
This is a Fungi in the Near-Shore Zone.
Plants
Definition: A chlorophyll containing organism that is multi-celled and has cell walls.
A type of plant in the near shore zone is American Beach grass. The scientific name is Ammophila breviligulata. It lives on dunes bordering the ocean shore. The phylum magnoliophyta means flowering plant. The scientific name is Ammophila brevigulata. The classification is as follows:
Another plant in the near-shore zone is red spike moss. The scientific name is Selagenella umbrosa. It lives in rocky watery parts of the near-shore zone. Lycopodiophyta is a phylum in the kingdom plant that reproduce using spores, and they have microphylls, leaves that have only a single vein. Lycopodiophyta has been around for about 410 million years. The classification of red spike moss is:
One more plant in the near-shore zone is the hairy flowering fern. The scientific name is Anemia hirsuta. It is in the class polypodiopsida because it is a fern. It lives in the dirt and sand of beaches. The classification is:
A plant in the near-shore zone is sand-heather. It grows to be about 3 to 8 inches tall. The tracheophyta phylum is a division of the plant kingdom that consisting of green plants with a vascular system containing tracheids. Hudsonia tomentosa is the scientific name. It grows on beaches. The taxonomy is as follows:
Kingdom: Plant
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: magnoliopsida
Order: cistales
Family: cistaceae
Genus: Hudsonia
Species: tomentosa
This is Sand-Heather
The scientific name of this plant in the near-shore zone is Pelargonium peltatum. The common name is Ivy Geranium. They are often used in hanging baskets. It grows low to the ground. It is in the phylum Tracheophyta because it is a green plant with a vascular system containing tracheids.
Kingdom: Plant
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Pelargonium
Species: peltatum
This is a picture of Ivy Geranium
The scientific name of this plant is Allamanda cathartica. The common name is Golden Trumpet. All parts of the Golden Trumpet are poisonous if ingested. It grows on warm beaches, especially in Daytona Beach, Florida. Tracheophyta is a phylum in the plant kingdom that contains green plants with vascular systems containing tracheids. The classification is:
​scientific name:
common name:kelp
phylum:heterokontophyta
class:phaeophyceae
order:laminariales
family:lalariaceae
Genus:Macrocystis
Species:
a kelp forest in alaska
Animals
A multi-celled organism that digests its food inside its body.
An animal in the near-shore zone is the Sea Otter. The scientific name is Enhydra lutris. The sea otter can grow to be about 4 feet. When sea otters are in a pack, it is called a raft. If an animal is in the phylum chordata, it means the animal has a backbone or a spinal chord, also known as a vertebrate. Sea otters live in water where they are fast and graceful, and on land where they are slow and awkward.
An animal in the near-shore zone is the purple sea star. many people think it is a starfish, but they are actually not fish. They are sea stars. The scientific name is Pisaster ochraceus. Purple sea stars live in the water, usually on rocks. The phylum echinodermata means they live in saltwater, have a spiny skeleton, have arms, and can regenerate. The purple sea stars have a radius of about 25 centimeters.
An animal in the near-shore zone is the hermit crab. The scientific name is Paguritta gracilipes. The phylum anthropoda means they have multiple body segments, jointed appendages, and exoskeletons. The hermit crab is often kept as a pet. They can outgrow their shells, and then they move into a new one. Hermit crabs live on land near water. The females breed in the water, so that means they need water and land to live.
An animal in the near-shore zone is the leatherback sea turtle. They live anywhere in saltwater, but spend most of their time on land. The phylum Chordata means the animal has a spinal chord or backbone. The scientific name of the leatherback sea turtle is Dermochelys coriacea. The leatherback sea turtle is endangered. It is the biggest reptile in the sea. It can grow to be about 6 feet in length.
The black-faced blenny is an animal in the near-shore zone. The scientific name is Tripterygion delaisi. The phylum chordata means the animal has a backbone or spinal chord. They live in saltwater, especially in shallower areas. They live among rocks. The black-faced blenny has a three part dorsal fin. It is most active by day. They grow to be about 3 inches (8 centimeters) long. They eat tiny invertebrates.
The coon-stripe shrimp is an animal that lives in the near-shore zone. They have a translucent exoskeleton and are bottom-dwellers. They live on the shallow ocean floors. An arthropod is an animal with multiple body segments, jointed appendages, and an exoskeleton. Shrimp are one of the water animals that can swim backwards. They can reach the length of almost 6 inches (15 centimeters)
kingdom:animalia
Phylum:enchinodermata
Class:echpidea
Order:enchnoida
Family:curclionoidea
Genus:stongylocetrotus
Species:franciscanus
This bird nests in trees and if desprate will nest in beach grass.
This animal lives in the near shore zone usually sleeping on rocks.
sea lion
Kingdom:animali
Phylum:chordata
Class:chondrichthyes
Order:squatiniformes
Family:squatinidae
Genus:squatina
Species:armata
This animal lives on the bottom of the ocean feeding on crusteans and plants.
Squatina armata (Philippi, 1887)
KIngdom:animali
Phylum:chordata
Class:osteichthyes
Order:scrpaeniformes
Family:
Genus:liparis
Species:montagui
This animal also lives in its shell feeding on algae.
sea snail
Kingdom:animali
Phylum:cnidaria
Class:anthozao
Order:actiniidae
Family:
Genus:anthpleara
Species:sola
This animal attaches to rocks and even coral it does not move.
sea anemone
Scientific name: Phycodrus Eques
Common name: leafy sea dragon
Definition: This is a vertabrate because it has a spinalchord.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Phycodurus
Species: eques
Location: It lives in kelp reefs.
This is a yellow and green leafy sea dradon. normally they are green but somtimes yellow, this one is wierd because it's yellow and green.
This is a green leafy sea dragon.
Scientific name: Lutra felina
Common name: Marine otter
Definition: This is a vertabrate because it has a spinalchord.
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Chordata
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Lontra
Species: felina
Location: They live in caves and crevises in the rocky shorelines.
This is a marine otter with it's two pup's.
Scientific name: Chelonia mydas
Common name: Green turtle
Definition: They are vertabrates because they have a spinalchord.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Cheloniidae
Genus: Chelonia
Species:mydas Location: They live near the ocean bottom.
This is a green sea turtle.
This is the back of the green sea turtle.
This is a baby green sea turtle.
Scientific name: Chrysaora fuscescens
Common name: Sea Nettle
Definition: This is an invertabrate because, it does not have a backbone or a spinalchored.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Semaeostomeae
Family: Pelagiidae
Genus: Chrysaora
Species: fuscescens
Location: They live in wide open areas in the water.
This is a Jelly Fish.
Scientific name: Homarusamericanus
Common name: American lobster
Definition: This is an invertabrate because, it does not have a backbone or a spinalchord.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: Decapoda
Class: Malacostraca
Family: Nephropidae
Genus: Homarus
Species: americanus
Location: they live on the rocks and in the sand at the bottom of the ocean.
This is an American lobster.
Scientific name: Bodianuscylindriatus
Common name: Akab
Definition: This is an invertabrate because, it does not have a backbone or a spinalchord.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Perciformes
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Labridae
Genus: Bodianus
Species: cylindriatus
Location: They live near the bottom of the ocean.
Monerans
Definition:a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.A moneran in the near-shore zone is marine bacteria. The scientific name is Mycobacterium marinum. It's shape is bacilli. It can live anywhere in saltwater. This type of bacteria causes an extremely deadly disease.
Scientific Name:Spirochaeta plicatile.
Shape:sprilia.
Where They Live:they live in mud on Ocean bottoms, near the shore.
Scientific Name:Bacillus cereus
Shape:baccili
Where they live: they live in the hummus on the ocean bottom
This moneran in the near shore zone is bacilli shaped. The scientific name is Bacillus cereus. They live in the humus of the bottom of the shallow ocean shore.
Protists
Definition: The organisms in the protista kingdom that are single-celled or multi-celled, and "hunt" or produce their own food. They always have a nucleus. They include algae and protozoans.The definition of algae is any chlorophyll-containing, mainly aquatic organisms that are more plant-like, but they differ from plants because they have no roots, stems, or leaves. One protist in the near-shore zone is a coccolith shell. the scientific name is Emiliana huxleyi. It's an algae. It floats around near the ocean shore.
The definition of algae is any chlorophyll-containing, mainly aquatic organisms that are more plant-like, but they differ from plants because they have no roots, stems, or leaves. Green algae's scientific name is Pediastrum boryanum. This algae grows on rocks and coral.
Syringammina fragillissima is the scientific name of a protozoan in the near shore zone. The definition of a protozoan is that they are "animal-like", don't have any chlorophyll, and no cell walls. This protozoan lives on rocks and sand on the oceanbottom in the near shore zone.
Fungi
The definition of fungi is a multi-celled organism in the fungi kingdom that absorbs nutrients and has no chlorophyll.A fungi in the near-shore zone is Aleuria arantia It is in the phylum Ascomycota. There are two common names. One is the orange peel mushroom, and the other is orange cup. It is placed in the phylum asomycota because it is cup shaped. It grows in the very shallow and slightly watery part of the near-shore zone. The scientific name is Aleuria aurantia. The classification of orange peel mushroom is as follows:
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Curculionoidea
Genus: Aleuria
Species: aurantia
Scientific name: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Definition: It's filagment's are close together.
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: basidiomycota
Class: Chytridiomycetes
Order: Rhizophydiales
Family: Chytridiaceae
Genus: Batrachochytrium
Species: dendrobatidis
Common name: there is no common name.
Scientific name: Rhizophydium megarhizum
Definition:this belongs to the chytridiomycota phylum because it grows in water and soil.This fungi is also found on plants on the beach.
Kingdom:fungi Scientific name:
Phylum:chytridiomycota
Class:chytridiomycetes
Order:chytridiales
Definition:This belongs to the chytrdiomycota phylum because it grows in water and soil. This fungi is also found on plants on the beach.
Kingdom:fungi
Phylum:chytridiomycota
family:chytridiaceae
Class:chytridiomycetes
Genus:Rhizophydium
Order:chytridiales
species:megarhizum
Genus:Rhizophydium
species:dicksonii
A fungus in the near-shore zone is the Dinemasporium microsporum. It lives in saltwater. No common name was found. It is in the phylum Ascomycota because it is cup shaped. The classification of Dinemasporium microsporum is:
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Melanommataceae
Genus: Dinemasporium
Species: microsporum
Scientific name: Halographis runica
Definition: It's cup-shaped
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Roccellaceae
Genus: Halographis
Spiecies: runica
Common name: There is no common name.
Plants
Definition: A chlorophyll containing organism that is multi-celled and has cell walls.
A type of plant in the near shore zone is American Beach grass. The scientific name is Ammophila breviligulata. It lives on dunes bordering the ocean shore. The phylum magnoliophyta means flowering plant. The scientific name is Ammophila brevigulata. The classification is as follows:
Kingdom: Plant
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Ammophila
Species: breviligulata
Another plant in the near-shore zone is red spike moss. The scientific name is Selagenella umbrosa. It lives in rocky watery parts of the near-shore zone. Lycopodiophyta is a phylum in the kingdom plant that reproduce using spores, and they have microphylls, leaves that have only a single vein. Lycopodiophyta has been around for about 410 million years. The classification of red spike moss is:
Kingdom: Plant
Phylum: Lycopodiophyta
Class: Isoetopsida
Order: Selaginellales
Family: Selaginellaceae
Genus: Selaginella
species: umbrosa
One more plant in the near-shore zone is the hairy flowering fern. The scientific name is Anemia hirsuta. It is in the class polypodiopsida because it is a fern. It lives in the dirt and sand of beaches. The classification is:
Kingdom: Plant
Phylum: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Filicales
Family: Schizaeaceae
Genus: Anemia
species: hirsuta
A plant in the near-shore zone is sand-heather. It grows to be about 3 to 8 inches tall. The tracheophyta phylum is a division of the plant kingdom that consisting of green plants with a vascular system containing tracheids. Hudsonia tomentosa is the scientific name. It grows on beaches. The taxonomy is as follows:
Kingdom: Plant
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: magnoliopsida
Order: cistales
Family: cistaceae
Genus: Hudsonia
Species: tomentosa
The scientific name of this plant in the near-shore zone is Pelargonium peltatum. The common name is Ivy Geranium. They are often used in hanging baskets. It grows low to the ground. It is in the phylum Tracheophyta because it is a green plant with a vascular system containing tracheids.
Kingdom: Plant
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Pelargonium
Species: peltatum
The scientific name of this plant is Allamanda cathartica. The common name is Golden Trumpet. All parts of the Golden Trumpet are poisonous if ingested. It grows on warm beaches, especially in Daytona Beach, Florida. Tracheophyta is a phylum in the plant kingdom that contains green plants with vascular systems containing tracheids. The classification is:
Kingdom: Plant
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apocynaceae
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Allamanda
Species: cathartica
Scientfic name:Centaurea gymnocarpa
Phylum:tracheophyta
Class:magnoliopsida
Order:asterales
Family:asteraceae
Genus:Centaurea
species:Gymocarpa
common name:dusty millar or velvet centarea
Scientific name:
Common name: Seaside Goldenrod
Phylum:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:asterales
Family:asteraceae
Genus:solidago l.
Species:solidago sempervirens
Scientific name: Thalassia testudinum
Common name: Turtle Grass
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Angiosperm
Order: Najadales
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Thalassia
Species: testudinum
Scientific name: Mastocarpus papillatus
Common name:Red algae
Phylum: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gigartinales
Family: Phyllophoraceae
Genus: Mastocarpus
Species: papillatus
Scientific name: Lepidozia reptans
Common name: Little hands
Phylum: Bryophyta
Class: Hepaticopsida
Order:
Family:
Genus: Lepidozia
Species: reptans
Scientific name: Ceratophyllum Ceratophyllum
Common name: coontail
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family: Ceratophyllaceae
Genus: Ceratophyllum
Species: Ceratophyllum
​scientific name:
common name:kelp
phylum:heterokontophyta
class:phaeophyceae
order:laminariales
family:lalariaceae
Genus:Macrocystis
Species:
Animals
A multi-celled organism that digests its food inside its body.
An animal in the near-shore zone is the Sea Otter. The scientific name is Enhydra lutris. The sea otter can grow to be about 4 feet. When sea otters are in a pack, it is called a raft. If an animal is in the phylum chordata, it means the animal has a backbone or a spinal chord, also known as a vertebrate. Sea otters live in water where they are fast and graceful, and on land where they are slow and awkward.
Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Enhydra
species: lutris
An animal in the near-shore zone is the purple sea star. many people think it is a starfish, but they are actually not fish. They are sea stars. The scientific name is Pisaster ochraceus. Purple sea stars live in the water, usually on rocks. The phylum echinodermata means they live in saltwater, have a spiny skeleton, have arms, and can regenerate. The purple sea stars have a radius of about 25 centimeters.
Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Forcipulatida
Family: Curculionoidea
Genus: Pisaster
species: ochraceus
An animal in the near-shore zone is the hermit crab. The scientific name is Paguritta gracilipes. The phylum anthropoda means they have multiple body segments, jointed appendages, and exoskeletons. The hermit crab is often kept as a pet. They can outgrow their shells, and then they move into a new one. Hermit crabs live on land near water. The females breed in the water, so that means they need water and land to live.
Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Paguridae
Genus: Paguritta
Species: gracilipes
An animal in the near-shore zone is the leatherback sea turtle. They live anywhere in saltwater, but spend most of their time on land. The phylum Chordata means the animal has a spinal chord or backbone. The scientific name of the leatherback sea turtle is Dermochelys coriacea. The leatherback sea turtle is endangered. It is the biggest reptile in the sea. It can grow to be about 6 feet in length.
Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Dermochelyidae
Genus: Dermochelys
Species: coriacea
The black-faced blenny is an animal in the near-shore zone. The scientific name is Tripterygion delaisi. The phylum chordata means the animal has a backbone or spinal chord. They live in saltwater, especially in shallower areas. They live among rocks. The black-faced blenny has a three part dorsal fin. It is most active by day. They grow to be about 3 inches (8 centimeters) long. They eat tiny invertebrates.
Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Tripterygion
Species: delaisi
The coon-stripe shrimp is an animal that lives in the near-shore zone. They have a translucent exoskeleton and are bottom-dwellers. They live on the shallow ocean floors. An arthropod is an animal with multiple body segments, jointed appendages, and an exoskeleton. Shrimp are one of the water animals that can swim backwards. They can reach the length of almost 6 inches (15 centimeters)
Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Crustacea
Order: Decapoda
Family: Pandaloidea
Genus: Pandalus
Species: danae
kingdom:animalia
Phylum:enchinodermata
Class:echpidea
Order:enchnoida
Family:curclionoidea
Genus:stongylocetrotus
Species:franciscanus
This bird nests in trees and if desprate will nest in beach grass.
Kingdom:animalia
Phylum:arthopoda
Class:malacostaca
Order:decapoda
Family:paguroidea
Genus:pagurus
Species:samuelis
This animal lives in its shell on the near shore zone this is a favorate food of the comorant and gulls.
Kingdom:animali
Phylum:chordata
Class:mamilia
Order:carnivora
Family:otariidae
Genus:zalophus
Species:wollebacki
This animal lives in the near shore zone usually sleeping on rocks.
Kingdom:animali
Phylum:chordata
Class:chondrichthyes
Order:squatiniformes
Family:squatinidae
Genus:squatina
Species:armata
This animal lives on the bottom of the ocean feeding on crusteans and plants.
KIngdom:animali
Phylum:chordata
Class:osteichthyes
Order:scrpaeniformes
Family:
Genus:liparis
Species:montagui
This animal also lives in its shell feeding on algae.
Kingdom:animali
Phylum:cnidaria
Class:anthozao
Order:actiniidae
Family:
Genus:anthpleara
Species:sola
This animal attaches to rocks and even coral it does not move.
Scientific name: Phycodrus Eques
Common name: leafy sea dragon
Definition: This is a vertabrate because it has a spinalchord.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Phycodurus
Species: eques
Location: It lives in kelp reefs.
Scientific name: Lutra felina
Common name: Marine otter
Definition: This is a vertabrate because it has a spinalchord.
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Chordata
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Lontra
Species: felina
Location: They live in caves and crevises in the rocky shorelines.
Scientific name: Chelonia mydas
Common name: Green turtle
Definition: They are vertabrates because they have a spinalchord.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Cheloniidae
Genus: Chelonia
Species: mydas
Location: They live near the ocean bottom.
Scientific name: Chrysaora fuscescens
Common name: Sea Nettle
Definition: This is an invertabrate because, it does not have a backbone or a spinalchored.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Semaeostomeae
Family: Pelagiidae
Genus: Chrysaora
Species: fuscescens
Location: They live in wide open areas in the water.
Scientific name: Homarus americanus
Common name: American lobster
Definition: This is an invertabrate because, it does not have a backbone or a spinalchord.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: Decapoda
Class: Malacostraca
Family: Nephropidae
Genus: Homarus
Species: americanus
Location: they live on the rocks and in the sand at the bottom of the ocean.
Scientific name: Bodianus cylindriatus
Common name: Akab
Definition: This is an invertabrate because, it does not have a backbone or a spinalchord.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Perciformes
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Labridae
Genus: Bodianus
Species: cylindriatus
Location: They live near the bottom of the ocean.
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